Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith, and Kohler glaciers, West Antarctica, from 1992 to 2011

• Main Authors: Rignot, E, Mouginot, J, Morlighem, M, Seroussi, H, Scheuchl, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; mass balance; interferometry; glacier dynamics; marine instability; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Haynes Glacier; Pine Island Glacier; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0wz826xt

We measure the grounding line retreat of glaciers draining the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica using Earth Remote Sensing (ERS-1/2) satellite radar interferometry from 1992 to 2011. Pine Island Glacier retreated 31 km at its center, with most retreat in 2005-2009 when the glacier ungrounded f...